Poverty Status in 1999: Morris County
Individuals Individuals 18 and over Related Chlidren under 18
Number for Number Percent Number for Number Percent Number for Number Percent
Whom Poverty Below Below Whom Poverty Below Below Whom Poverty Below Below
Status is Poverty Poverty Status is Poverty Poverty Status is Poverty Poverty
Determined Level Level Determined Level Level Determined Level Level
Morris County 462,131 17,872 3.9 346,797 13,408 3.9 115,069 4,244 3.7
Boonton town 8,393 559 6.7 6,546 422 6.4 1,847 137 7.4
Boonton township 4,096 55 1.3 3,029 50 1.7 1,067 5 0.5
Butler borough 7,420 372 5.0 5,806 304 5.2 1,614 68 4.2
Chatham borough 8,421 188 2.2 6,035 165 2.7 2,386 23 1.0
Chatham township 9,973 271 2.7 7,297 192 2.6 2,676 79 3.0
Chester borough 1,631 84 5.2 1,230 79 6.4 398 2 0.5
Chester township 7,098 163 2.3 4,978 124 2.5 2,120 39 1.8
Denville township 15,562 436 2.8 11,800 342 2.9 3,757 89 2.4
Dover town 17,822 2,381 13.4 13,650 1,723 12.6 4,111 597 14.5
East Hanover township 11,385 192 1.7 8,847 186 2.1 2,538 6 0.2
Florham Park borough 8,759 507 5.8 6,860 429 6.3 1,893 72 3.8
Hanover township 12,888 152 1.2 9,996 122 1.2 2,891 29 1.0
Harding township 3,180 36 1.1 2,376 36 1.5 804 0 0.0
Jefferson township 19,674 468 2.4 14,413 345 2.4 5,246 115 2.2
Kinnelon borough 9,355 244 2.6 6,550 162 2.5 2,805 82 2.9
Lincoln Park borough 10,255 286 2.8 8,095 227 2.8 2,160 59 2.7
Long Hill township 8,760 286 3.3 6,469 247 3.8 2,291 39 1.7
Madison borough 13,970 469 3.4 10,667 375 3.5 3,300 91 2.8
Mendham borough 4,919 200 4.1 3,606 183 5.1 1,313 17 1.3
Mendham township 5,400 96 1.8 3,679 57 1.5 1,721 39 2.3
Mine Hill township 3,656 206 5.6 2,796 131 4.7 860 75 8.7
Montville township 20,707 794 3.8 15,470 539 3.5 5,212 230 4.4
Morris township 20,946 802 3.8 16,069 556 3.5 4,871 240 4.9
Morris Plains borough 5,136 124 2.4 3,922 80 2.0 1,206 36 3.0
Morristown town 17,945 2,069 11.5 14,665 1,656 11.3 3,209 369 11.5
Mountain Lakes borough 4,256 85 2.0 2,744 75 2.7 1,512 10 0.7
Mount Arlington borough 4,663 153 3.3 3,640 99 2.7 1,023 54 5.3
Mount Olive township 24,084 735 3.1 17,500 531 3.0 6,584 204 3.1
Netcong borough 2,570 80 3.1 1,983 73 3.7 584 7 1.2
Parsippany-Troy Hills township 49,708 1,918 3.9 39,291 1,486 3.8 10,399 420 4.0
Pequannock township 13,871 414 3.0 10,292 293 2.8 3,579 121 3.4
Randolph township 24,847 356 1.4 17,525 282 1.6 7,322 74 1.0
Riverdale borough 2,489 132 5.3 1,905 92 4.8 582 40 6.9
Rockaway borough 6,457 322 5.0 4,957 226 4.6 1,500 96 6.4
Rockaway township 22,899 551 2.4 16,748 377 2.3 6,137 160 2.6
Roxbury township 23,762 642 2.7 17,470 488 2.8 6,274 136 2.2
Victory Gardens borough 1,539 130 8.4 1,134 85 7.5 402 42 10.4
Washington township 17,389 397 2.3 12,105 291 2.4 5,281 103 2.0
Wharton borough 6,246 517 8.3 4,652 278 6.0 1,594 239 15.0
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.